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In the early morning, the winter mist gradually dissipated under the sunshine. It was a peaceful scene.
But in fact, this morning was not peaceful. The TAC team arrived at the Keihin Industrial Zone early in the morning. This is the coast of Tokyo Bay, stretching from Tokyo to Yokohama, all within the industrial radiation range. At this time, the entire industrial zone has been destroyed beyond recognition.
"It was indeed a monster attack."
Konno said something nonsense. To destroy the entire factory area like this, with almost no intact bricks and tiles left, only a monster could do this, unless there was a large-scale air raid.
"But we are late."
To be more precise, they called the police too late, and failed to find the monster in time. When they arrived, the monster had already left after making a big fuss, and they didn't even know what the monster looked like.
"Captain, look at this! It's the factory security guard!"
There were three people lying on the ground, all of them had been dead for a long time, wearing factory security uniforms.
"Strange, they don't have any injuries on their bodies, but they smell strongly of alcohol!"
"I understand, I understand everything!" Konno rubbed his hands and said, "This kind of thing happens all the time. He drank too much and felt hot all over, so he lay outside and froze to death. Because they were the factory's security guards, without their early warning, no one noticed the monster attacking the factory. That's it, it must be right."
What Konno said seemed to make sense, but Captain Long did not jump to conclusions.
"We need to conduct a more detailed investigation, including the cause of death of these three people. Yamanaka, have the police station contact the medical examiner. We need a more detailed report."
"understand!"
"Also, Beidou, Noriko, you two should check around the area. A monster attack made such a big noise, I think there must be witnesses. At least we need to find out what kind of monster it was."
"understand!"
Beidou and Noriko took action immediately after receiving the order, but the task was more difficult than they had imagined.
This is an industrial area with few residents. The monster attacked at night, so no one saw it. Beidou and Noriko drove the patrol car around the surrounding area and asked many people, but they didn't get anything.
"So, maybe the only witnesses were those three dead people? But they died first."
"Isn't this the monster's strategy? Kill all witnesses and wrap itself in thick fog!" Beidou guessed.
"Beidou, your speculation is totally unfounded. How do you explain the smell of alcohol? I think you just think the visits are too tiring. Did you really investigate thoroughly?" Shanzhong snorted coldly.
The forensic doctor he contacted would come in the afternoon. Although it was the TAC team's request, Tokyo was short of forensic doctors, so although they agreed to come, they also said a lot of good things to Yamanaka, which made him very angry now.
"That is……"
"You are wrong, Yamanaka team member, Beidou-kun and I have conducted a thorough investigation and there are indeed no witnesses."
Since Noriko had spoken, Yamanaka could only stop talking. He just liked to argue with Beidou and enjoyed it. He was used to it.
"Unless we can find where the monster is hiding, we don't know where it will attack next time," Noriko said worriedly.
This is nonsense, but Beidou thought about it and realized that it might not be completely nonsense. They don't know where the monster is hiding, but maybe someone knows.
"I suddenly thought of a place I could investigate. Team member Noriko, I'm going to leave for a moment."
"Huh? Team member Beidou? Team member Beidou!"
Seeing Beidou driving the patrol car away, Noriko didn't know what to say. In the past, Beidou always worked with Minami Yuko, but now that Minami Yuko has left, the captain wants her to fill that gap. But Noriko doesn't think she can do it.
In Beidou's heart, Nan Xizi is irreplaceable.
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year, Team Beidou."
When Beidou drove to Oshima Manor alone, he was greeted by Maria.
Maria and Beidou are not familiar with each other, but she knows that Beidou is a friend of the eldest lady. It is not a bad thing to have a friend from the TAC team. Beidou came to visit Lingye. If there is anyone in this world who can know the most clearly what happened on the earth, Beidou thinks it is only Lingye.
"The eldest lady is at the lake over at the horse farm, probably walking her rabbit."
“Walking the rabbit?”
Beidou thought he had heard wrong. He had only heard of walking a cat or a dog, so what was walking a rabbit?
But when Beidou arrived at the lake, he saw that the girl was indeed teasing the rabbit.
There was also a turtle crawling nearby that was supposed to be hibernating. It was disturbed by the girl and was slowly crawling back into the water.
"What is this for?"
"It's the race between the tortoise and the hare." Lingye said, "But as expected, the hare lost again. Lunaticus is too lazy."
"Lunaticus? You mean, this rabbit is a monster?"
"Yes, but it always stays like this, motionless, except for sleeping."
This is a good thing. It would be unbearable if the monster moved around randomly, just like the monster last night.
"Actually, I came here today because a monster attacked the Keihin Industrial Zone last night. You know, there are factories all over there, and it's the industrial center of Tokyo and Yokohama. But we know nothing about the monster. It disappeared before the TAC team arrived, so I was wondering if you might know some clues."
"Clues? Well, if you ask me, things seem to be a bit unsettled under Tokyo lately."
"Underground?" Beidou looked at the rabbit with some doubt.
"Oh, it wasn't Lunaticus who did it, that's too much!"
It's my pet, of course I will take good care of it.
"Sorry, sorry. So the monster is hiding underground, right?"
"Yes." Ling also picked up the white rabbit. The tortoise and the hare race was completely lost. The tortoise had already swam into the water, and dared not say anything about being disturbed by a certain planetary will during its hibernation.
"for you!"
Ling also handed the rabbit to Beidou.
"What?" Beidou was confused.
"If the enemy is underground, Lunaticus might be able to help."
Chapter 200 Heading Underground
"Beidou, where on earth have you been?"
Noriko was a little anxious, but her expression improved when she saw Beidou again.
The captain asked her to investigate with Beidou, but she was left aside by Beidou, which made her feel confused.
"Hey, why did you bring a rabbit with you? Did you go to catch rabbits? This rabbit is so beautiful, is it real or fake?"
Noriko reached out to touch it. Any girl would have no resistance to such a cute creature. So, if it was Yamanaka, he would have argued with Beidou, but Noriko was completely attracted by the rabbit. She had some anger hidden in her heart before, but now she has forgotten it all.
Beidou was a little panicked. What Noriko reached out to touch was a monster!
However, Lunaticus was much more obedient than he had imagined, or rather, much lazier, and it was still dozing there. It didn't care who touched it, and allowed anyone to pet it.
Noriko stroked it several times in a row, and the warm thing was not a toy, but a real rabbit. However, the rabbit did not respond at all, and she finally stopped when she was satisfied.
"Has the forensic doctor conducted an investigation? What did he say?"
"The medical examiner just came and left. He said that the three deceased had no external injuries on their bodies, nor obvious signs of poisoning. The smell of alcohol was not the fatal cause, and they probably died of suffocation. The details still need to be determined by the autopsy results, but if an autopsy is to be performed, we will have to wait in line. The bodies waiting for autopsy in the Tokyo murder case have been lined up for several months."
It’s not that the forensic pathologist is shirking responsibility, but there is a real shortage of staff.
"Suffocation?" Beidou remembered silently in his heart. This should be related to the monster's attack method.
"I just went to investigate, and some witnesses said that the monster may have emerged from underground."
"Did you really go to investigate?" Noriko blurted out. She really thought Beidou was going to catch rabbits!
"Of course I went to investigate. Someone saw the monster coming out of the ground."
This was of course an excuse, but Beidou believed that since Lingye said it, there must be a basis for it.
In the meeting room of TAC headquarters, Captain Long received intelligence from Beidou and took it very seriously.
"It's underground, but that's not easy to do. We humans still know too little about the interior of the earth."
The satellite monitoring system of the TAC team is spread all over the world, but it is still blind to the underground. The means of attack are also limited, otherwise they would not have stared blankly when Ace and Lunaticus were fighting.
"Kuji, is there any suitable equipment for underground exploration?"
"Don't we have a platypus loader? Let's use that!"
The Platypus Loader was developed based on the Ultra Guard's Magma Riser underground tank, and also adds the ability to fly underwater and in the air.
An underground exploration and attack aircraft with a maximum capacity of six people and equipped with a variety of large-scale attack equipment including rockets and laser cannons.
"That one." Konno still remembers.
When they fought against the Ant King Ultra Beast that attacked the subway, they used this attack aircraft to search for the Ant King's underground nest.
That happened a year ago, but the memory is still fresh - but they are not positive memories.
I can only say that the surface parameters of the platypus are very strong, and the various equipments look very luxurious, but in actual use, they are just so-so. I met the ant king super beast in a narrow road underground and almost became a living coffin.
Some weapons failed due to the vibration caused by drilling underground, and some were broken by the touch of the super beasts. Even the laser main gun became a decoration.
Fortunately, Ace showed up in time to save everyone, otherwise Konno, Noriko, and the captain who was on the mission together would have been almost wiped out. It's still scary.
"Our research department later redesigned and refurbished those weapons, and they are now adapted to the underground environment. There will be no problem this time, I promise." Mu Kaji said seriously, "Also, Captain, please let me go with you on this mission."
"Then let's use that, Platypus. Try it again this time." Captain Long decided, "But you don't have to come, Muji."
How can a technical department head run to the battlefield all day? He is almost like a field worker.
"Let me go, Captain. If the equipment is really broken, someone will be needed to repair it urgently."
"Okay then." Captain Long was convinced. If a car breaks down, you can get off halfway, and if a plane breaks down, you can parachute, but if the underground tank breaks down halfway, it will really kill people. There is not enough oxygen underground, and it will be buried alive.
Even Captain Long himself was not very reassured about the Platypus.
In his opinion, it would be enough for an underground tank to specialize in underground operations. However, Kijiji believed that a deep-sea submarine that could not fly autonomously was not a good underground tank.
So there was this platypus that combines the functions of an aircraft, a submarine and an underground stealth vehicle.
After being filled with various accessories, the fuselage is directly stretched to 25 meters, and the overall weight is as high as 80 tons.
"Yamanaka, Hokuto, Konno, and Kiji, follow me on the Platypus. Noriko, you stay at the headquarters to take care of the liaison, and Yoshimura will be in charge of guarding the ground."
The group boarded the Platypus in a grand manner.
"Namo Amitabha!" Konno, who was walking at the end, lowered his head and chanted, then climbed into the cabin.
"Hey Beidou, why are you carrying a rabbit?"
"Ah? This is... yes, a mascot!"
"Good mascot, I think we really need a mascot this time!"